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Library Staff Recommendations |
Library
Book Groups |
Staff Picks
Celia
selects science fiction and nonfiction.
Gail
loves historical nonfiction and novels.
Julie likes
to spotlight female authors.
Andrea picks across all genres.
Wright savors
literary fiction & nonfiction.
Robert
likes a little bit of everything.
Award Winners
List of book awards and links to the recent winners.
Readers' Advisory Booklists
Chick Lit
Graphic Novels
Literary Fiction
Nonfiction that Reads Like Fiction
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For more information and a complete listing of book group
selections, visit the Book Groups page,
www.smpl.org/reading/bookgroups.htm.
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Library Tools |
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NoveList Fiction
readers’ advisory database searchable by author, title, keyword. |
Literature Resource
Center Database with biographies, analyses & bibliographies. |
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Magill
OnLiterature Plus Plot summaries of novels, short stories, plays
and poetry. Plus author biographies. |
Oxford
Reference Collection Contains all 100+ quick reference titles from
the Oxford University Press Core Collection; 50,000+ longer in-depth entries
from the Oxford Companions series; and all 20,000+ quotation entries from
the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. |
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Sneak-Peeks Book Club
An online book club
that emails the first few chapters of books every weekday. |
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World of Books on the Web |
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California Center for the Book Celebrates California's literary heritage
and promotes reading, libraries, literacy, and authorship. SMPL is a
proud partner. |
Bookspot A hub of book related content with booklists, reviews,
and author interviews. |
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Library Booklists Hundreds of readers’ advisory lists compiled by the
Waterboro Public Library. |
Online NY Times Book Review Section Access to renowned NY Times
book reviews and articles; registration is free. |
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Overbooked Literary and genre fiction information for the ravenous
reader. |
Reader’s Robot Reviews that reveal the appeal on books in many genres. |
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Readerville What’s going on in the world of books and what others
think about it. |
All About Romance Home for lovers of romance, includes reviews and
author interviews. |
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The Mystery Reader Reviews broken down by specific types of mysteries,
such as cozies. |
The SF Site Features science fiction and fantasy reviews, author
tributes and interviews. |
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Book Group Resources |
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Book Browse Book club advice and excerpts, reviews, and guides of
current books. |
Book Buffet News, reviews, and web space for book groups; registration
is free. |
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Metacritic This online
compilation of book reviews makes choosing a book easy. |
Reading Group Choices Guides and background information to enhance
your next discussion. |
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Reading Group Guides An online community for people interested in book
groups. |
Thinking Out Loud Titles, questions, and resources for groups by
Morton Grove Public Library. |
